The Mob

Jerrod's knights might have fought for such concepts as honour and duty, but the peasants who had followed them to Averheim battled on purely for survival. Even more ragged than was the norm, the commoners bore a motley collection of heraldry, for they have come from every province within despoiled Bretonnia. Most were masterless, but rightly judged that they stood a better chance of survival by following in Jerrod's wake, than by striking out for themselves in the beastman-haunted landscape. Many a Chaos worshipper had underestimated these peasants, thinking them weak and cowardly. Both of these judgements were true, but the warriors of the mob were also desperate, which counted for more than strength or valour in these terrible times.[1a]